Super Righteous Player
Chapter 1083 - 141: The Portrait of the Paper Princess

Chapter 1083: Chapter 141: The Portrait of the Paper Princess

As these thoughts surfaced in Annan’s mind, he had already finished his research.

Yes... Annan now had the means to query information instantly.

And the principle was very simple.

Players could still surf the internet on their phones without any delay in the Mist Continent... Whether they received emails or phone calls, they wouldn’t miss them and become "disconnected".

Annan had only recently realized... those players who had signed contracts with him were actually much more closely linked to Annan than he had originally thought.

Or to put it another way, Annan had more control over them, much stronger than he had assumed.

After signing the contract, Annan could even directly destroy the players’ souls from the Mist Realm; or assign tasks to them directly when they haven’t entered the Mist Continent... Although Annan had no use for these functions.

But Annan could also use the players as a stepping stone, infiltrating their mobile phones and computers—and thus directly accessing the internet.

In other words... Annan could now slip into the players’ world, becoming an immortal digital ghost.

Living like a Digimon.

If a player were to suddenly go offline, they might even see a chibi Annan scurrying away on their phone screen...

This special trait, for now, gave Annan the greatest benefit... making his data queries incredibly convenient and efficient.

So Annan specifically looked up the world map. And like deciphering a puzzle on a Little Tigers’ secret card, he compared the world map of the Mist Continent with that of Earth’s...

The truth was thus simply uncovered.

The outline of the westernmost continent of Noah coincided almost perfectly with the western part of France... and the shape of Dennisiowa matched the Italian Peninsula!

From this, simple deductions could be made...

Annan consulted topographical maps, using mountain ranges for comparison.

Soon, he discovered that the location of the Kingdom of Noah was roughly a combination of France, Germany, Denmark, and the smaller countries in between, such as Belgium. And Frostwater Harbor was situated near Aalborg, in the northeastern corner of Denmark... That was about where Roth Fort would be.

Norway, Sweden, Finland, and a small part of Russia close to Latvia—about a quarter of it—made up the Duchy of Winter. And the Holy Nation was the easiest to locate, occupying a tiny part of southwestern Russia, extending from Belarus all the way south to Ukraine.

The location of the Dirge Singer Duchy was Romania.

The lands of the United Kingdom and Ireland on Earth, along with the southeastern corner of Noah that included the territories of Spain and Portugal, were all entirely engulfed by Mist. Those places once had duchy names too, akin to the Dirge Singer Duchy... but they are now lands of the dead.

And the submerged Imperial Capital was the land from Poland all the way to Austria and near Croatia, including a part of Switzerland.

A quarter of the land in central Europe had collapsed and sunk directly, causing adjacent regions to fracture. The Apennine Peninsula of Italy broke away and drifted far to the south... forming the modern Kingdom of Dennisiowa.

Although it was unclear whether the Mist Realm was a mirror image of the planet the players were on, or if the River of Dreams led to all worlds that were countless parallel Earths...

With the map as evidence, Annan could basically confirm this hypothesis.

No wonder Annan always felt that this world was very small.

—Because it truly was! This "Aesirland Continent" was just the part of Europe west of Iran...

The combined area of these four countries, protected by a great barrier, wasn’t as large as the Celestial Empire.

Annan really should have noticed this earlier.

As soon as he saw the shape of the Kingdom of Dennisiowa, Annan should have recognized it...

But it was because of the central maelstrom left by the sinking of Aesirland’s capital, and the continental plates that had moved outward after fracturing, that Annan was misled.

When Annan first saw the "world map", he just found it somewhat familiar—when he saw the giant whirlpool in the center, he even mistook the Kingdom of Noah for Kalimdor and viewed the Duchy of Winter as Northrend...

And if this world’s history mirrored that of the players’ world... then the expanse covered by the "Living Desert" would likely be the region around Iran.

Then, the Elves who were driven out by the Ash and entered the backward region of Aesirland... could this also be a variation of some legend?

Just like the treasure ships "silver" and the "Argo", Selicia and Jason.

Annan took a deep breath and refocused his mind.

He was stunned by this secret.

About the Charioteer, about the world...

"...What pose should I assume?"

Annan settled himself a bit, then turned to ask the Paper Princess.

Those things were still a bit far off.

...As for the specifics, I can only ask Father Sui when the time comes.

Father Sui, as one who had experienced it, knew what the Void World looked like before its destruction.

As for the truth, just one question would reveal it all—Annan had no new guesses here.

Rather than guessing, he might as well help the Paper Princess with her needs.

Yawen was urgently checking assignments, and as the Paper Princess’s friend, Annan was obliged to lend a hand.

Just like when he ran into the Paper Princess at the front door... keeping a pose, sitting still without moving. After all, not all the players had arrived yet, and Annan did still have some time, so sitting for a painting with the Paper Princess was no issue.

Especially since the Paper Princess had just gifted him a small villa.

If he got bored, Annan could always zone out and catch up on TV series...

"No no no you don’t need to move!"

That’s when Annan saw the Paper Princess, who was hastily painting, suddenly lift her head and say somewhat panicked: "You don’t have to strike any particular pose..."

Annan somehow felt he understood something.

But he was a step too late.

Yawen frowned immediately and scolded, "You even had Annan settle down for you to paint? Is this how I taught you?"

"Woo..."

The Paper Princess couldn’t help but wail, "I’m wrong, I’m wrong..."

"People have insufficient memory and lack practice; most crucially, they are slow at painting, which is why they ask models to remain still—don’t stop your hand, keep painting—do you lack that speed?"

After listening for a while, Annan came to understand.

In the painting and sculpting techniques directly passed down by Yawen, it was not permissible to have models remain still and pose.

Because that was merely "static beauty," and it wasn’t natural.

Just like the painter "Nigel," who had once sought Yawen’s advice and eventually earned his praise.

He caught only a brief glimpse of the Paper Princess... and in that moment of rational burning to near emptiness, he could instinctively replicate part of her appearance. He certainly didn’t have the Paper Princess stop and let him finish painting before letting her go.

And now, he could even depict the Charioteer’s corpse with his mortal body.

That was considered the pinnacle among mortal painters.

And the Paper Princess was originally like this—just as she had done for the painting of the delicious wind goose.

Not only could she not let the subject remain still.

She even had to see through the subject’s shell, paint their essence—the only requirement was to "look at the subject." Even if it was just "having seen" the subject, one should be able to sift through memories to find that person and portray their essence.

The Paper Princess became more and more lazy over time, or perhaps she became relaxed after seeing Annan, and unconsciously started to cut corners. Her "quick sketches" made for Annan were essentially a form of laziness.

...Of course, even the Paper Princess’s casual works.

Were also magical paintings containing the element of [Splendor].

Annan was actually quite looking forward to seeing what kind of self the Paper Princess would paint...

And so Yawen was scolding the Paper Princess while having an easy conversation with Annan. In the blink of an eye, more than two hours had passed.

The Paper Princess’s painting was finally complete.

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